On Thu, 04 Jan 2018 09:58:16 -0500, Virus  wrote:

>These exploits don't seem to be able to take control of systems, alter 
>protected or system memory or proccesses (or even user-space memory or 
>files?), plant or install back doors or other forms of persistent 
>access.  Yes?

 Meltdown gives user programs access to kernel memory. And
anything there (passwords, etc). If you get the root password, the
computer's yours. It affects almost all OS's.
 All INTEL processors produced in the last 10 years or so have
the backdoor. AMD processors do not.

 Spectre affects ALL processors, but there are no known working
exploits known yet. Not to the public, anyway. If any appear, Cloud
Services will be the hardest hit. Nobody cares about the pR0n on your
desktop.
 Happy nightmares.
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